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Diagnostic methods have since improved, and more recent studies have already reported lower incidence rates and a different etiologic distribution in Finland. We report a population-based study on the current incidence and etiology of AP in Pirkanmaa Finland.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All patients treated for AP at Tampere University Hospital during 2014\u20132015 were identified from hospital records. Patient demographics and etiology-related data were collected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Pirkanmaa Hospital District population during the study period averaged 525,926. A total of 558 patients were treated for AP, comprising 622 episodes and yielding an incidence of 59.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Of these, 451 patients (72.5%) presented with a first episode, corresponding to an incidence of 42.9 per 100,000. Among first episodes, etiology was biliary in 36.8% and alcoholic in 29.4%. For all episodes, biliary and alcoholic etiologies accounted for 32.5% and 34.1%, respectively. Other causes included post-ERCP (2.7%), tumor (3.2%), drug-induced (2.4%), autoimmune (1.4%), post-operative (1.0%), hypertriglyceridemia (0.6%), hypercalcemia (0.2%), SPINK1-associated (0.8%), miscellaneous (0.3%), idiopathic (10.6%), and not reliably determined (10.1%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The total incidence of AP in Pirkanmaa, Finland, was 59.1 per 100,000, and first-episode AP 42.9 per 100,000 \u2013 lower than historically reported and comparable to other Western countries. 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